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LARRY JOE MARTIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – December 8, 1967
Service recordLarry Joe Martin, of Arvin, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Arvin, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 65
- CHARLES LEE HAUSCHILDTPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- MICHAEL KARPIAK JRSergeant · December 8, 1967
- VICTOR ALLEN MAZITIS JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- LLOYD DONALD MICHAELLieutenant Colonel · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HUTTON BOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 63
- THOMAS MICHAEL FLATLEYCaptain · Panel 31E, Line 64
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 64
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.